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{{short description|1993 film by Robert Altman}}
{{for|other topics|Short Cuts (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Short Cuts
| image          = Shortcutsfilm.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Robert Altman]]
| producer       = Cary Brokaw
| screenplay     = {{Unbulleted list|Robert Altman|Frank Barhydt}}
| based_on       = {{Based on|Characters|[[Raymond Carver]]}}
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* [[Andie MacDowell]]
* [[Bruce Davison]]
* [[Julianne Moore]]
* [[Matthew Modine]]
* [[Anne Archer]]
* [[Fred Ward]]
* [[Jennifer Jason Leigh]]
* [[Chris Penn]]
* [[Lili Taylor]]
* [[Robert Downey Jr.]]
* [[Madeleine Stowe]]
* [[Tim Robbins]]
* [[Lily Tomlin]]
* [[Tom Waits]]
* [[Frances McDormand]]
* [[Peter Gallagher]]
* [[Annie Ross]] 
* [[Lori Singer]]
* [[Jack Lemmon]] 
* [[Lyle Lovett]] 
* [[Buck Henry]] 
* [[Huey Lewis]]
}}
| music          = [[Mark Isham]]
| cinematography = Walt Lloyd
| editing        = [[Geraldine Peroni]]
| studio         = {{plainlist|
* [[Spelling Entertainment|Spelling Films International]]
* Cary Brokaw Productions
* Avenue Pictures
}}
| distributor    = [[Fine Line Features]]
| released       = {{Film date|1993|10|03}}
| runtime        = 188 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 187:51--><ref>{{cite web|title=''Short Cuts'' (18)|url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/short-cuts-1970-2|work=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|date=October 5, 1993|access-date=January 4, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305144810/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/short-cuts-1970-2 |archive-date=March 5, 2016}}</ref>
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $12 million<ref>{{cite web | url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/59658-SHORT-CUTS | title=AFI&#124;Catalog }}</ref>
| gross          = $6.1 million<ref>{{mojo title|shortcuts|Short Cuts}}</ref>
}}

'''''Short Cuts''''' is a 1993 American [[comedy-drama film]], directed by [[Robert Altman]]. Filmed from a screenplay by Altman and Frank Barhydt, it is inspired by nine [[Short story|short stories]] and a poem by [[Raymond Carver]]. The film is set in [[Los Angeles]], in contrast to the original [[Pacific Northwest]] backdrop of Carver's stories. ''Short Cuts'' traces the actions of 22 principal characters, both in parallel and at occasional loose points of connection.

The film features an [[ensemble cast]] including [[Matthew Modine]], [[Julianne Moore]], [[Fred Ward]], [[Anne Archer]], [[Jennifer Jason Leigh]], [[Robert Downey Jr.]], [[Madeleine Stowe]], [[Chris Penn]], [[Jack Lemmon]], [[Frances McDormand]], [[Lori Singer]], [[Andie MacDowell]], [[Buck Henry]], [[Lily Tomlin]], actress and singer [[Annie Ross]], and musicians [[Huey Lewis]], [[Lyle Lovett]], and [[Tom Waits]].